Caching rodents disproportionately disperse seed beneath invasive grass

Caching rodents disproportionately disperse seed beneath invasive grass

Seed dispersal by caching rodents is a context-dependent mutualism in many systems. Plants benefit when seed remaining in shallow caches germinates before being eaten, often gaining protection from beetles and a favorable microsite in the process. Caching in highly unfavorable microsites, conversely...

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Main Authors: Sommers, Pacifica, Chesson, Peter
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Ecol & Evolutionary Biol
Language:en
Published: WILEY-BLACKWELL 2017
Subjects:
cache
Chaetodipus baileyi
Chaetodipus intermedius
Heteromyidae
invasion
mutualism disruption
Neotoma albigula
Parkinsonia microphylla
Pennisetum ciliare
predator avoidance
Sonoran Desert
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